University of British Columbia

Nexterra’s combined heat and power (CHP) bioenergy system is housed in a unique building on the UBC campus.

UBC, Nexterra and GE Open
Groundbreaking CHP System

UBC, Nexterra and have successfully completed an energy-from-renewable-waste combined heat and power (CHP) system located at UBC’s Vancouver campus. This is North America’s first commercial demonstration of a transformative system that combines Nexterra’s gasification and syngas conditioning technologies with one of GE’s high-efficient Jenbacher internal combustion engines. The engine will produce 2 MW (megawatts) of clean, renewable electricity and will also generate 3 MW of thermal energy to heat the campus.

"This is a flagship example of UBC as a living laboratory, where researchers, staff, students and partners collaborate on innovations targeting the pressing challenges of our day."

– Dr. Stephen Toope, President, University of British Columbia

UBC CHP System

Customer:
University of British Columbia

Location:
Vancouver, B.C.

Facility Type:
University

Application:
Combined heat and power (CHP) solution consisting of Nexterra gasification and syngas conditioning system and GE Jenbacher gas engine